Q1 2019 Community Update
This is our Community Update for Q1 2019. As usual, we rely on our community feedback, so drop us a line if you have any suggestions!
TL:DR
- Best-in-class User Interface
- Added 5 New Pools — Grin, Komodo, Zelcash, Komodo and Pirate (Arrr!)
- Discord Bot
- Z-addresses Support
Best-in-class User Interface
Yet again, Luxor Dev Team crushed it. We’re improving on what was already great … Apart from the new clean design we added some features the community were asking for, such as per worker revenue stats, accessible setup guides, redesigned help page and more.
We joined 5 new crypto families
We started the year by launching a Grin Mining Pool. Grin is the first implementation of the MimbleWimble Protocol and operates differently than a traditional UTXO blockchain.
We continue expanding our pool offerings with the launch of a Mining Pool for SiaPrime, a friendly fork of Sia. Then we ventured into 3 Equihash based coins: Zelcash ($ZEL), Pirate ($ARRR) and Komodo ($KMD).
We received great community feedback from our recent launches and it shows in the number of miners that decided to switch pools. We now have more than 500 new members of the Luxor family.
Mining Bot: Lifeguard
Lifeguard is available 24/7 and always in a good mood to answer all of your questions. On top of that, he’s way smarter than Siri 😃. Lifeguard is capable of producing real-time insights and alerts on your mining operation. Learn about all of Lifeguard’s features here.
Z-addresses Support
At Luxor we value our miners privacy, that’s why we implemented z-addresses payments for all Sapling enabled Equihash coins. As governments and companies gather more and more information about us, human freedom and privacy is increasingly desired.
By leveraging Zcash’s Sapling upgrade that reduced private transaction fees and our smart engineers knowledge of the fundamentals of cryptography and blockchain we can support anonymous rewards payments. Now, you can keep all your mining activities anonymous by receiving pool payouts at z-addresses for Zcash, Pirate, Zelcash and Komodo!
Recent Articles
The blockchain industry is young and requires more high-quality content. We are pushing to further legitimize the industry by releasing informative articles on a wide range of companies/cryptocurrencies/theories. Some of the articles we wrote this month include:
- Grin: The First MimbleWimble Implementation
- Lifeguard: The Best Mining Companion
- How to start Mining: Pirate ($ARRR)
- Komodo: Blockchain Ecosystem
- Explained: Hard Forks
Our Medium posts have 30K+ reads this year so far. If there is a topic that you would like us to write please send us a message! We are happy to create setup guides, explanations of different blockchain concepts and so forth.
Luxor Community
We owe most of our success to date to our community members. We interact with over 3200+ Discord members in our various chats, which represents a 20% increase over the last quarter user base. Members help us to troubleshoot and work with us to create the best possible pools. If you haven’t joined us there yet, please do!
We also recently opened up a Telegram Chat. Come and join the conversation!
Happy Hashing!
Luxor is building infrastructure to support the next generation of digital assets. Learn more about us 👉 here.
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